Psalms 2
1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Wherefore do nations rage, and people meditate a vain thing?
2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah:
The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:
3 'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
“Let us break asunder their bands, and cast away from us their cords.”
4 He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
He who dwelleth in the heavens will laugh: the Lord will hold them in derision.
5 Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:
Then will he speak unto them in his anger, and in his displeasure will he terrify them.
6 'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'
[Saying, ] Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.
7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth.
I will announce the decree, the Lord hath said unto me, “My son art thou: I have indeed this day begotten thee.
8 Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.
Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth.
9 Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.'
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”
10 And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
And now, O ye kings, be wise: take warning, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
Do homage to the son, lest he be angry, and ye be lost on the way; for his wrath is so speedily kindled. Happy are all they that put their trust in him.
